US9174545B2 - Vehicle charging device - Google Patents

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US9174545B2 US14/005,860 US201214005860A US9174545B2 US 9174545 B2 US9174545 B2 US 9174545B2 US 201214005860 A US201214005860 A US 201214005860A US 9174545 B2 US9174545 B2 US 9174545B2
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  • the present invention relates to an in-vehicle charging apparatus configured to charge a storage battery serving as the power source of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, using a power supply of a house, for example.
  • the system according to PTL 1 reduces a current amount of the system without taking into consideration a current amount for other electric devices in use.
  • the occurrence of overcurrent due to a current used in the entire system involves a problem in that all the electric devices become temporarily unusable because the power supply circuit is shut off.
  • An in-vehicle charging apparatus is an apparatus installed in a vehicle and configured to charge a storage battery installed in the vehicle, using a power source that is connected to an electric device and that is provided outside the vehicle, the apparatus including: a charger that receives a variable input current value flowing from the power source for charging the storage battery; a measurement section that measures the input current value of the charger and an input voltage value on the side of the power source of the charger; and a control section that controls the input current value of the charger, in which: the control section varies the input current value of the charger into a plurality of values, and calculates a correspondence between the input current values measured by the measurement section during the varying, and input voltage values corresponding to the respective input current values; and the control section controls, when an input voltage value varies while the input current value measured by the measurement section remains the same during charge of the storage battery, the input current value of the charger so that the input current value of the charger corresponds to the input voltage value before the varying, based on the correspondence.
  • the present invention it is possible to prevent an in-vehicle charger from becoming unable to perform charge and also to prevent an unusable state of another electric device in a house or the like by decreasing the input current of the in-vehicle charger when the use of the other electric device is started during the charge in the house or the like.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of a charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the relationship between time and an input current in a method of finding the relationship between an input voltage and an input current as a first-order approximation straight line according to the embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating how to find a first-order approximation straight line according to the embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the relationship between an input voltage and an input current on the found first-order approximation straight line according to the embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the input current of a charger after the start of charge according to the embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a control for decreasing the input current of the charger after the start of charge according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a control for increasing the input current of the charger after the start of charge according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of charging system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • House 150 is a house of the owner of vehicle 160 , for example.
  • House 150 includes socket 105 connected to in-vehicle charging apparatus 170 of vehicle 160 .
  • House 150 has power supply circuit 180 that supplies a power supply current from power source 101 .
  • House 150 includes breaker board 106 that shuts off power supply circuit 180 when an overcurrent flows through power supply circuit 180 .
  • Vehicle 160 charges storage battery 115 installed in vehicle 160 , by in-vehicle charging apparatus 170 connected to socket 105 , using power source 101 supplied to the inside of house 150 from, for example, a power plant.
  • Vehicle 160 is an electric vehicle which runs using storage battery 115 as a driving source.
  • In-vehicle charging apparatus 170 charges storage battery 115 installed in vehicle 160 .
  • a configuration of in-vehicle charging apparatus 170 will be described below in detail.
  • Power supply circuit 180 includes power source 101 , output impedance 102 of power source 101 , and impedance 104 of the wiring which connects power source 101 and charger 114 .
  • Power supply circuit 180 is a circuit for supplying a power source from power source 101 to electric device 103 or in-vehicle charging apparatus 170 .
  • In-vehicle charging apparatus 170 has voltage measurement section 111 , current measurement section 112 , control section 113 , and charger 114 .
  • Voltage measurement section 111 measures the input voltage of charger 114 and outputs the measured voltage value to control section 113 .
  • Current measurement section 112 measures the input current of charger 114 corresponding to the input voltage of charger 114 and outputs the measured current value to control section 113 .
  • Control section 113 finds for the relationship between the plurality of measured voltage values inputted from voltage measurement section 111 and the plurality of measured current values corresponding to the plurality of respective measured voltage values inputted from current measurement section 112 as a first-order approximation straight line, and stores the found values as a table.
  • Control section 113 controls the input current of charger 114 according to the table of the found first-order approximation straight line. A method of finding a first-order approximation straight line and a control method of the input current during the charge will be described below.
  • Charger 114 charges storage battery 115 with an input current controlled by control section 113 , using power source 101 .
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the relationship between time and an input current in a method of finding the relationship between an input voltage and an input current as a first-order approximation straight line.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating how to find a first-order approximation straight line in the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the relationship between an input voltage and an input current on the found first-order approximation straight line.
  • Control section 113 finds a first-order approximation straight line, for example, before the start of charge.
  • Control section 113 varies input current Ic in sequence at predetermined time intervals and acquires the measured value of input voltage Vc at every timing of varying input current Ic. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2 , control section 113 varies input current Ic in sequence in order of “0,” “1 ⁇ 4 Icmax,” “2/4 Icmax,” “3 ⁇ 4 Icmax,” and “Icmax,” and acquires the measured value of each input voltage Vc. Input current Ic and input voltage Vc which have been acquired are associated and stored in a table.
  • control section 113 acquires input current Ic and input voltage Vc in each of Steps ST 301 to ST 304 , and finds the relationship between input current Ic and input voltage Vc which are acquired as a first-order approximation straight line using the least-squares method (Step ST 306 ).
  • control section 113 determines whether the error of the least-squares method used for finding the first-order approximation straight line is equal to or less than a constant value (Step ST 307 ).
  • Step ST 307 When the error of the least-squares method is equal to or less than the threshold (Step ST 307 : YES), and control section 113 determines the first-order approximation straight line found in Step ST 306 (Step ST 308 ), and complete the process.
  • Step ST 307 when the error of the least-squares method is larger than a threshold value, (Step ST 307 : NO) control section 113 repeats the process of Steps ST 301 to ST 306 .
  • control section 113 finds the relationship between the value of each varied input current Ic and the measured value of each input voltage Vc corresponding to each input current Ic, as first-order approximation straight line # 301 illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the method of finding first-order approximation straight line # 301 is not limited to the least-squares method, and any other appropriate methods can be used.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the input current of charger 114 after the start of charge.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a control for decreasing the input current of charger 114 after the start of charge.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a control for increasing the input current of charger 114 after the start of charge.
  • Vc 1 is the input voltage before the decrease
  • Vc 2 is the input voltage after the decrease
  • Ic 1 is the input current before the decrease
  • Ic 2 is the input current after the decrease.
  • ⁇ Vcr is a voltage reduction caused by an increase in load current Id flowing through electric device 103
  • ⁇ Icr is a current decreased by the control of control section 113 .
  • Vkr is the value of input voltage Vc at the intersection of first-order approximation straight line # 301 and the vertical axis.
  • Vc 3 is the input voltage before the increase
  • Vc 4 is the input voltage after the increase
  • Ic 3 is the input current before the increase
  • Ic 4 is the input current after the increase.
  • ⁇ Vcs is a voltage rise caused by a decrease in load current Id flowing through electric device 103 .
  • ⁇ Ics is a current increased by the control of control section 113 .
  • Vks is the value of input voltage Vc at the intersection of first-order approximation straight line # 301 and the vertical axis.
  • Control section 113 controls the input current of charger 114 using first-order approximation straight line # 301 beforehand found after the start of charge.
  • control section 113 acquires the measured value of input voltage Vc from voltage measurement section 111 and also acquires the measured value of input current Ic from current measurement section 112 (Step ST 501 ).
  • control section 113 determines whether the charge is necessary (Step ST 502 ). For example, control section 113 determines that the charge is unnecessary when storage battery 115 is fully charged, and determines that the charge is necessary when storage battery 115 is not fully charged.
  • control section 113 completes the process.
  • control section 113 determines whether the acquired measured value of the input voltage and the acquired measured value of the input current are positioned on first-order approximation straight line # 301 (Step ST 503 ).
  • Step ST 503 When the input voltage is stable and the values are positioned on first-order approximation straight line # 301 (Step ST 503 : YES), an overcurrent does not flow through power supply circuit 180 even if the input current of charger 114 is not adjusted. Control section 113 therefore returns to the process of Step ST 502 .
  • control section 113 determines whether input voltage Vc decreases (Step ST 504 ).
  • control section 113 controls charger 114 so as to decrease input current Ic according to first-order approximation straight line # 301 (Step ST 505 ).
  • control straight line # 601 is found which has the same slope as that of first-order approximation straight line # 301 and passes through input voltage Vc 2 after the decrease.
  • Control section 113 controls charger 114 so as to decrease input current from Ic 1 so that the input voltage on found control straight line # 601 is substantially equal to input voltage Vc 1 before the decrease.
  • input voltage Vc substantially equal to input voltage Vc 1 is equal to or more than input voltage Vc 1 and equal to or less than a value larger than input voltage Vc by predetermined value ⁇ (where ⁇ >0) (Vc 1 ⁇ Vc ⁇ (Vc 1 + ⁇ )).
  • control section 113 controls charger 114 so as to increase input current Ic (Step ST 506 ).
  • control straight line # 701 is found which has the same slope as that of first-order approximation straight line # 301 and passes through input voltage Vc 4 after the increase.
  • Control section 113 controls charger 114 so as to increase the input current from Ic 4 so that the input voltage on found control straight line # 701 is substantially equal to input voltage Vc 3 before the increase. However, at this time, control section 113 controls the input current so as not to be equal to or more than maximum allowable current value Icmax.
  • input voltage Vc substantially equal to input voltage Vc 3 is equal to or less than input voltage Vc 3 and equal to or more than a value smaller than input voltage Vc by predetermined value ⁇ (where ⁇ >0) (Vc 3 ⁇ Vc ⁇ (Vc 3 ⁇ )).
  • This is a concept including a control for increasing the input current from Ic 4 to an input current corresponding to a voltage lower than input voltage Vc 3 before the increase by predetermined value ⁇ .
  • Step ST 502 which is to determine whether the charge is necessary may be performed, and after it is determined that the charge is necessary, the process in Step ST 501 , which is to acquire the measured value of input voltage Vc from voltage measurement section 111 and the measured value of input current Ic from current measurement section 112 , may be performed.
  • in-vehicle charging apparatus 170 starts the charge for storage battery 115 using power source 101 when electric device 103 is stopped, and then electric device 103 starts to operate by receiving power supplied from power source 101 .
  • Id is a current flowing through electric device 103 .
  • ZP is the output impedance of power source 101 .
  • Control section 113 decreases input current Ic to compensate the influence of voltage reduction ⁇ Vc found from Equation 1.
  • Vp is the voltage of power source 101
  • Ic is a current flowing from point A (refer to FIG. 1 ) of breaker board 106 to charger 114 ,
  • Id is a current flowing through electric device 103 .
  • ZP is the output impedance of power source 101 .
  • ZL is the impedance of wiring between power source 101 and charger 114 .
  • Equation 2 is modified to give input voltage Vc by Equation 3.
  • Vc ( Vp ⁇ ZP*Id ) ⁇ ZS*Ic (Equation 3)
  • Zs is the synthetic impedance of ZP and ZL.
  • Vp is the voltage of power source 101
  • Id is a current flowing through electric device 103 .
  • ZP is the output impedance of power source 101 .
  • Equation 5 input voltage Vc 1 before the decrease and input voltage Vc 2 after the decrease are obtained by Equations 6 and 7, respectively.
  • Vc 1 Vk ⁇ ZS*Ic 1 (Equation 6)
  • Vc 2 Vk ⁇ ZS*Ic 2 (Equation 7)
  • Equation 1 is substituted for Equation 9 to obtain Equation 10.
  • Equation 10 Equation 10
  • the relationship between the input voltage and the input current of the charger is found as a first-order approximation straight line before the start of charge, and thereby, the input current of the charger is controlled according to the first-order approximation straight line after the start of charge.
  • an input current is reduced according to a decrease in an input voltage caused by the start of the use of another electric device during the charge, and an input current is increased according to an increase in an input voltage caused by the stop of the use of the other electric device during the charge.
  • a first-order approximation straight line is found again when a large error is caused from the least-squares method used for finding a first-order approximation straight line.
  • a control that decreases or increases the input current of charger 114 by a single level is performed.
  • the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and a control that decreases or increases the input current of charger 114 by a plurality of levels may be performed.
  • a first-order approximation straight line is found before the start of charge, and the input current of the charger is controlled according to the first-order approximation straight line after the start of the charge.
  • the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and a first-order approximation straight line may be found at predetermined timing after the start of charge.
  • An in-vehicle charging apparatus is suitable for charging a storage battery serving as the power source of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, using the power supply of a house, for example.

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